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NGC3900

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:49:9.3
Declination: +27:1:18
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, vlE 0° ±, bMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3900

17.5" (5/2/92): bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, 2'x1', brighter core, very small prominent round core, faint stellar nucleus.  Surrounded by a mag 11.5 star 3.3' S, a mag 10.5 star 4.6' NNE and a mag 12 star 5.0' ESE.

8" (4/24/82): fairly bright, elongated, bright core, NGC 3912 30' SSE.